i
i
use
n
k
.
ur
ma
.
-it
i
ii
P
Neutrality
1
1T1V
w
a
w-i
w
4
III
M
A
kVL
If
'
A
win
m
nitft
Victoria
this
week.
""TON
D.
C.
September!
w
l
pran
war
nas
im.
!
(
:
urn
the
United
it"
its
neutrallty.l
F
:
k.in
D.
Roosevelt
re-'
'
rday
Accordingly
.
'
r.
Hi
would
be
added
'
'he
country's
arm-t
v
untary
enlUlmeni.
'
tal
strength
up
to
T
President
declared
r."
aeration
was
not
'
who
has
bcn
con-
t."
W.!
hington
since
the
r
,
a
crisis
and
out-T
ur
icft
last
night
to
t
k
f
nd
at
Hyde
Park
-5
c
mret
his
mother
i-..i
a
',rip
10
curopc
wnicii
before
the
outbreak
ol
BELLIGERENT
tom.NOTON
D.
C.
Sent.
9:
-
,
ui
ouum
nuika
acsra
10
tne
list
oi
dci-
v
,U1I
-
UilUti
uiimu
-
..t
.alii
laws
us
viiuu
vjicc
snc
iormauy
uc-
II
irn
Mama
H
"
a
v.
n
iu
Mk
v
v
s
-wai
ovnonslsA
Honrrcslnn
Centred
nff
n,.
n
w.
L
1
LI
:
Wlll-,-11
1.I1.L1
.
"
...IW
,111
Llli:
IIILIAM
-mwrn
nave
neenrrrri
m
rinrtk
....
"
vwoou,
il
is
inir
nnn
"i
inner
nnru
nf
ivu
rnv.
est
Coftfc
f
t
...j
ut
v-
v
uiii:iiiivnr
is
nnn
'tSh
SOUthpfl
utheat
.miivuutii
u.ln.
.t.lril..n
J
cool
CANADA'S
WHEAT
CHOP
i-
rA
r,f
Poland
now
held.
Hitler
indicated
he
intend-
t:
:rx
more
PolUh
terrl
u
in
the
old
Oerrnan
ar
Herman
Oocring
i
i
to
munition
:
Be
in
that
Great
Brt-5
('
"'Trj
Orrmany
either
?
r
ai
omlc
means.
CLE
SAM
DD17D
A
DTMP
IVI.I
Hl
111.
rz
r.
:
il
U
-
-
I
I
J
il
DUIieilllb
!
BELLA
COOLA
CATTLE
W.l.LA
COOI.A
Three
hun
dred
choke
itrers
are
being
drir
en
from
Anahlm
Lake
district,
i
Ur
in
the
interior,
lo
Helta
Coola
where
Ihey
will
be
loaded
on
cows
for
delivery
to
Vancouver.
NO
CHANCE
OF
POLICY
OTTAWA
There
will
be
n
immediate
chance
of
policy
In
retard
to
wheat
futures
trading
on
the
Winnipeg
exchange,
lion.
1).
Euler,
minuter
of
trade
and
commerce,
announce.
Old
Hospital
Is
Being
Taken
Over
Arranrements
Completed
For
To
Be
Used
In
quartering
Or
Troop
Maids
Get
New
Home
The
hospital
board,
at
its
regular
monthly
meeting
last
night,
confirmed
the
action
of
the
Tresi-1
dent,
O.
P.
Tinker,
in
renUng
the
old
hospital
building
at
$100
per
month
to
the
federal
department
of
public
works
for
use
In
con
nection
with
the
quartering
of
troops
at
Prince
Rupert.
Immediate
possession
will
be
taken
of
the
hniirilnt?
o
It
stands.
I
Moving
in
of
the
soldiers
ncccs-
.KitAtps
moving
out
of
the
hospital
Lddition.1
.i-i.i
t-
maids
who
have
had
their
living
uvm
Ol.UllUUl.Vl
HI.-.-
.
1
ll.
IVvnrlh
M
1
I.L.
.
.
.
.
llflll.HI.
Ub
bilC
JUIIbMV.l
-
------
MasscLL
nnn
l'orr
tJ-
.
.
,..
it
i,
a,7;.
,..,tand
Filth
Avenues
lormcny
WCu-
ti
"
.",,vlu'
'"v
it
hv
ii.
n.
st
cs
has
been
od-
six
new
SI
iiu-ii
I
are
irnm
a
a
croup
prouni
ii-i
-
.1
n.
win
nnr
Tnfini
i
I
ui'i.i
Wni
have
to
be
certain
furnlshlnj
of
this
residence,
the
master
being
left
In
the
nanas
oi
miss
jiu
Harrison
R.
N.,
lady
n
n
Allison,
son
of
A.
P.
Alll
son,
well
known
Queen
Charlotte
Island
logging
operator,
arrived
in
i
hp
rltv
on
the
Princess
Aociama
r.rrinv
afternoon
from
Vancou-
jv.v.
.....
.
1
U
a
oH
cnl
Pli
laSl
IlllilH
Ull
W1C
Trinr
rharlcs
for
the
camp
a
VW
for
for
cumshewa.
Cumshewa.
Winnipeg
Wheat
Intervention
of
War
Changes
Hans
For
Australia
Governor-Gener-aUhlp
LONDON.
Sent.
9:
(CP
Since
the
Duke
ol
Kent
Is
on
service
with
the
Royal
Navy
as
a
rear
admiral,
he
and
his
wife.
Prince
Marina.
will
not
go
to
Australia
following
the
outbreak
of
war.
Lord
Oowrie
will
continue
as
Oovernor
Oeneral
!ot
Australia.
PICKED
UP
ALL
SAFE
Two
Vancouver
.Men
Aboard
Wink-
lelth.
Latet
British
Ship
It
Torpedoed
To
I
NEW
YORK.
Sept.
9-
CP-
The
Holland
-
American
liner
Staten-i
dam.
in
a
wireless
message
to
Its
New
York
office
yesterday,
said
It
had
taken
aboard
the
entire
crew
of
the
British
steamship
Wlnk-
leifh.
It
was
not
said
what
had
happened
to
the
Wlnkleigh
but
I
she
Is
believed
to
have
been
tor
pedoed.
Russel
Drunton
nurn
oi
of
Van-i
vnii-i
oouyer
ana,,
tyuutp
torta
were
members
the
Wlnkleigh.
Amsterdam
today
reported
the
rfint
nf
a
meMt(
from
the
Netherlands
steatwhtp
Rrcedyk
reporting
that
the
BrlUs
tanker.
!
crew
of
thirty-two
being
savec
OTTAWA
The
Dominion
Itur-
j-j-j
locality
of
the
sinking
was
no,
eau
of
SUtlntics
place
the
1919
J
disclosed,
wheat
rrop
at
119,000,000
bushels,
.
an
increase
of
99,000,000
bushels
J
over
last
year.
NO
FOOD
SCARCITY
WASIIINCTON
There
h
no
conceivable
scarcity
of
food
in
this
country,
It
h
authorltatlvly
slaied.
Anti-profiteering
laws
are
to
be
extended
and
strictly
enforced.
Profiteering
at
the
evpense
of
warring
nations
is
to
be
taboo.
iBakersfield
Girl
In
Athenia
Dead
9:
tCP
No
word
having
neen
received
of
Miss
Margaret
Little,
wnj
was
among
the
passengers
aboard
the
torpedoed
Donaiason
vuianuc
liner
Athenia,
It
Is
feared
by
'
lives
here
that
she
must
have
been
among
the
lost.
4
Prices
Dropping
Downward
Movement
Recorded
For
First
Time
In
Two
Weeks
WrNNIPEO.
Sept.
9:
lCP-For
..
ftr.t
iimf.
in
two
weeks,
wheat
MIC
!(
----
-
iiimed
downward
on
ine
Winnipeg
marnei
jciiciuui.
were
from
3
Vic.
to
zvic
wiwi
er
closing
at
78?bC.
Bomb
Activity
At
Kiel
Canal
.a
ID.
n...uh
..nrrps
Report
runes
io
Mill
.11
-
-
He
Rusy
Attacking
ucrman
Naval
Centre
nAnrwiiAnrM
Sent.
91
iCPl
Danish
sources
yesterday
reported
that
iiiit
there
there
had
nna
been
ociH
a
neavy
iti
acrwi
""
-.w
-SU.
up
initely
decide.
The
Prime
Minister
said
that,
If
the
House
of
Commons
would
not
support
the
government
In
stand-
ine
beside
Great
Britain
in
tne
war
against
Oermany.
It
would
have
to
find
another
government.
He
had
no
doubt
that
the
House
would
support
him,
Mr.
King
said.
"No
country
In
northern
Europe
which
now
calls
Itself
would
bear
the
same
name
It
Brl
ain
nnrl
Prance
lost
In
the
war
with
Germany."
Premier
King
said
naval
forces
were
concerned,
to
defence
of
the
shores
of
Canada
and
neighboring
British
possessions.
Mr.
Kinir
revealed
tnat
a
special
British
.mission
authorized
to
place
orders
In
Canada
had
arrived
In
the
Dominion
to
survey
tne
mun
itions
sltuaUon.
Weather
Forecast
omorrow
s
I
taes
10:55
a.m.
18.0
It.
Prince
Rupert
and
Queen
Charlotte
23:04
p.m.
20.7
ft.
Islands
Fresh
to
strong
4:34
am
4.0
It.
southeast
winds,
unsettled
and
cool
10:49
pjn.
7.0
It.
with
showers.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
3
O
'
t:
21
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C..
SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER
9,
1939.
PIUCE:
I
CENTS
-
a
ur
ft-4
pes
War
Going
Grimly
On
ew
Frontier
Decreed
By
C..L
C
U
ants
Only
Pre-W
ar
Portion
Of
Poland
I-
a.
rnrnmnv
PntinM
H
Defeated
Either
Bv
s
.
..
Military
or
hconomic
Cleans
...p..
,
.
i
ii,
nti.
rl
ll-
A
.l,.1f
II!f
j
i
ii
I
rv
in
fiiiiMi;i
i
.ii.iuii:iiiji
iitiuii
.
rec
rc-cstablishment
of
Germany
s
rJH
eastern
icr
An
official
army
communique
claimed
that
the
an
army
was
at
the
gates
of
Warsaw
and
that
l'ousn
a
were
retreating
east
of
the
Vistula
with
about
Iaustralia
i
POST
OFF
UJf
IJOUESTION
OF
WARSAW'S
British
And
Belgium
Planes
Fight;
Two
Are
Reported
Brought
Down
LONDON,
September
9:
(CP)
The
Air
Ministry
disclosed
today
that
British
aircraft
fought
with
Belgium
fighting
planes
over
Belgium.territory
last
night.
,
In
Brussels
it
was
said
that
two
bombers
were
forced
down.
The
British
planes
were
returning
from
a
reconnaissance
flight.
Belgium
has
insisted
that
there
shall
be
no
flights
of
military
planes
over
her
territory
so
that
there
may
be
no
danger
of
her
neutrality
being
Shoulder
To
Shoulder
With
Great
Britain"
Is
r-v
t
i
v
l
I
r
n
i-
I.
Berlin
Air
Raid
Alarm
But
Attack
Fails
To
Happen
BERLIN.
Sept.
9.
There
was
an
neutral
'alr
rald
alarm
111
Berlin
during
the
night
but
no
aitacK
xonowea.
'.Neither
was
there
searchlight
or'
1
anti-aircraft
activity.
British
flght-
'
i.nrifc'
i
i
ii
inn
Diancs
cuiuuiuc
iv
uiuy
uumw
'Neutrality
and
Isolation
would
be!
over
Germany.
l
mvth
anywhere
In
the
world
In'
-
the
event
of
a
German
victory."
iir
i
D
t
Measures
for
the
training
and;
VyindSOr
5
iXeiUlIl
dispatch
ot
trained
air
personnel
j
as
the
most
Immediate
ana
enec-
HnTTIA
C
YlflP
13
i"Wc
iv
rn-nnPratlon
with
Oreat
Bri-.A1UII1C
-t
tain
would
be
proposed
Dy
tne
gov-
prnment.
said
Mr.
King,
wno
reiter
ated
that
the
government
was
not
In
favor
of
conscription
and
would
devote
Itself,
as
far
as
mllltla
and
Former
King
and
Ills
Wife
Rack
in
England
Are
LONDON.
SeDtember
9:
(CPt
Press
Association
reports
state
that
the
Duke
and
Duchess
or
Windsor
made
their
return
to
Eng
land
today.
The
Duke,
It
Is
said,
will
take
up
Important
duties
for
his
The
former
king
and
VYJUitbtJ
country.
4
4
v
v
-
-
n
I
J.
H.
Blackmore.
boclal
Credit
i
his
wife
motored
from
Cannes
to
.
.
I
I
1
1
rtnrA..rntt..
1r.rl
1
..
.
.
1
1
1
rU
n
m
v.
1
leaaer,
joineaiiicsuuatnawc
ivau-mp
coast
ana
cnwseu
me
v,iauci
er,
Dr.
R.
J.
Manion,
In
assuring.
a
destroyer.
the
government
of
full
support
In'
.....
n...pnlirtn
li-Hh
thA
TTnltpH
i
iu-upn
...
bombardment
of
the
Island
of1
.
Kingdom.
Making
w
It
clear
that
he,
worth.
C.C.F.
leader,
said:
"I
can-DomDatuiiii''"
hfimDarUIUvllv
...
.
.
,
ii
j
l
i
-ncenf
in
nnvthlnff
that
AS1U1114I-"
Cumshewa
Inlet.
,
.
There
"bb
nlcn
fl
1
ot
Kiel
personally
and
not
winds,
shifting
Treatt
at
tit
the
entrance
.
was
speaking
beaming
strong,
cloudy
party
of
loggers
from
:
Vancouver
;
f
,
Q
with
showpr
loanai
11V
VUti'H
-rf
-
w
would
drag
us
Into
war."
FURTHER
IN
UPON
SAAR
Poles
Unable
to
Hold
Despite
Continued
Prostestations
of
Fight
to
Death
French
Advance
Towards
Saarbrukken
in
Surrounding
Movement
Late
War
News
UlUbeaWetoob-
ration
card,
Uomimon
OminiOn
S
s
War
W
3r
roiicy
I
OIICV
READY
TO
PROCLAIM
WAR
OTTAWA,
September
9:
(CP)
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
told
the
House
of
Commons
today
that,
if
the
reply
to
the
Speech
from
the
Throne
is
adopted,
the
government
will
immediately
take
steps
for
a
formal
proclamation
of
a
state
of
war
existing
between
Canada
and
the
German
Reich."
The
debate
on
the
Speech
resumed
today
and.
may
run
for
several
days.
Proclaiming
war,
therefore,
may
be
delayed
OTTAWA,
September
9:
(CP)
"Canada
stands
No
word
Having
iwn
Received
Atlshouldep
to
shoulder
with
Great
Britain
in
this
war,v
de-iter
Home,
.Miss
.Margaret
Little
i
clared
Prime
Minister
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King
yes-neiievcd
Lost
tonlnv
Worn
thn
Hnnsfi
of
Commons
which
loudlv
cheer-
T
Dunns
T
1
rl
rf
Trtimnl1i
rlanlova
l
I
1
-
i
am
i
tr
r
1
the
difference
between
their
salaries
and
their
military
pay.
There
will
be
the
same
consideration
for
single
men
with
dependent.
Sinsle
men
without
dependents
will
receive
no
.
vain
rje
ana
vinni
iiuui
in
u-
rr
.t
I
V
M4
mini.
in:
uiwu
n
ikxh
m
Jones
of
vie-,
Up
To
ParliameMJplFjBrraa
of
the-etz-irr-
-
icr
Neutrality
and
Isolation
impossible
Reports
conflicting
as
to
whether
Warsaw
is
in
possession
of
the
G.erman
invaders
and
French
and
British
forces
continuing
their
advance
towards
the
Siegfried
Line
on
the
western
front
into
the
Saar
Valley,
Europe's
new
great
war
continues
grimly
on
today.
Vith
the
real
news
evidently
heavily
censored,
it
becomes
ever
appar-
ent
that
what
does
come
through
ROME
Premier
Benito
.Mus
solini
is
reported
to
be
continuing
his
peace
efforts.
He
Is
now
working
on
a
Balkan
peace
fronL
LUXEMBURG
Twelve
persons
were
killed
when
a
German
troop
train
collided
with
another
carrying
refugees.
WASHINGTON
The
United
States
government
has
been
officially
advised
by
diplomatic
representatives
that
the
Athenia
was
sunk
by
a
torpedo.
"No
further
comment
is
necessary"
it
was
said.
SAN
FRANCISCO
"German
Day,"
October
1,
has
been
cancel
.
-
icu
nic1
WUI
UN
i
luuiii
lvlIis
UIU
led
led
at
at
the
the
Golden
lioiacn
Gate
iiaic
Interna
iniern-
I
against
Germany
on
behalf
of
Canada,
suggesting
that
tionai
Exposition
following
a
vote
California
sent
DAKERS
nAFn?Ptnj
FIELD.
California.
&epi..,
this
was
to
Parliament
p.rliAmpnt
to
to
rief-
def
.
of
of
German
German
societies
societies
which
which
favor
favor-
ed
such
a
move.
NEW
YORK
With
1700
passengers,
mostly
refugees
from
the
European
war.
the
French
liner
lie
de
France
reached
New
York
today
WINNIPEG
Premier
John
Bracken
pledges
the
support
of
the
Manitoba
government
to
the
federal
administration
in
its
financial
and
economic
plans
for
war
conditions.
LONDON
Word
has
been
received
here
that
no
fewer
than
83
Indian
princes
have
pledged
their
support
to
Britain
and
somfc
of
them
are
raising
forces
to
take
part
overseas.
MOSCOW
Russia
is
commandeering
all
lorries
for
the
purpose
ot
moving
war
supplies.
WASHINGTON
President
Roosevelt
said
yesterday
that
a
special
session
of
Congress
would
be
called
before
January.
LONDON
Food
rationing
will
not
be
needed
for
several
weeks
and
then
It
will
be
necessary
only
to
restrict
the
use
ot
bacon
and
butter.
BERLIN
.Many
people
here
have
been
arrested
for
nslng
their
cars
for
pleasure
purposes
and
thus
depleting,
the
supply
of
gasoline.
is
to
large
extent
propaganaa-iing-ed.
There
Is
a
scarcity
of
official
communications
and
even
many
of
these
are
directly
contradictory,
depending
upon
the
source
from
which
they
arise.
I
Contrary
reports
of
the
Poles
John
Hart
announced
that
mar-
notwithstanding,
it
was
still
ried
provincial
servants
who
en-
I
claimed
last
night
that
the
Oer-
Hst
for
war
service
will
be
paid
'mans,
driving
in
with
their
highly
superior
mechanized
forces
'from
I
three
sides,
had
entered
Warsaw
with
the
Poles
withdrawing
south-.ward
towards
Krakow
and
Lublin.
(The
measure
of
their
resistance
ap
pears
to
be
uncertain
In
spite
of
their
protestations
of
a
fight
to
the
death
against
Invasion.
Polish
re
ports
tell
of
continued
violent
air
Initial
German
Counter
PARIS,
September
9:
(CP)
German
troops
counier-attaeked
for
the
first
time
on
the
Maginot
Line
today
but,
nevertheless,
a
French
communique
said
"a
brilliant
thrust
by
French
forces
won
possession
of
a
highly
strategie
sector."
Germans
are
described
as
offering
resistance
all
along
the
front.
It
was
the
first
time
France
had
officially
cited
a
German
attack
since
fighting
began.
The
Germans
are
launching
local
counter
attacks
and
heavy
artillery
fire.
French
airplanes
continue
scouting
flights
despite
"intervention"
ot
enemy
pursuit
ships.
A
Warsaw
radio
broadcast
to
night
announced
that,
although
the
Polish
capital
was
"under
constant
bombing,
we
will
not
yield.
W
will
hold
out
till
the
very
last."
oooHooaoooHKHoooKHao
raids
on
civilians
by
the
Oermans
with
heavy
mortality.
Last
night
it
was
reported
that
Rusian
con
scripts
were
moving
up
towards
tne
eastern
border
of
Poland.
Meanwhile
on
the
western
front
the
northern
flank
of
the
French
army
was
reported
last
night
to
have
driven
seven
to
eight
miles
within
German
territory.
Nazi
forces
were
retreating,
destroying
I
roads,
bridges
and
tunnels
as
they
fell
back,
also
wrecking
defence
works
and
touching
off
field
mines.
French
forces.
Including
large
num
bers
of
Moroccans,
were
apparnUy
endeavouring
to
surround
Saarbrukken
which
city.
It
was
said,
was
being
evacuated
by
civilian
population.
I
Today's
Communique
Today
the
French
high
command
announced
that
Warndt
Forest,
west
of
Fordach,
had
fallen
almos:
entirely
into
the
hands
ot
French
troops.
Communique
No.
11,
issued
this
morning,
said:
"There
was
fto-
Uvtty
In
the
course
ot
the
night
by
our
first
Une:
land
forces.
The
great
forest
of
Warndt,
west
of
Fordach,
Is
mostly
In
our
hands.
Our
aviation
continues
active
In
support
of
land
forces.''
Official
German
military
quarters
continue
their
policy
of
male
Ing
no
admission
of
military
activity
on
the
western
front
although
observers
report
huge
numbers
of
Infantry
and
artillery
lorces1
mov
ing
up
towards
the
line.
J